Just back from Orlando and Thanksgiving with family. Some pictures, more to follow. Hope all had a great, safe Thanksgiving.
In my last memo I praised Amb. Haley but failed to mention and do the same for Sec. Pompeo who was one of the best Sec. of States since George Shultz. Pompeo was a steady hand and served Trump and the nation well. In fact, by the time Trump's first term was over he had put together a very good Cabinet. For someone who knew nothing about D.C politics and people and because of his demanding style it took Trump an inordinate amount of time to craft a suitable cabinet but in the end he had done so for the most part. If he failed it was in getting rid of holdovers who worked against him and answered to former president Obama.
Trump was a fast learner but his style did not go well in his capacity of presiding over a public high visibility institution like the Presidency. He also went out of his way to demean those he did not like and that boomeranged, as it should. Americans do not like a bully.
Meanwhile , Trump comes through as I always believed he would. The (m)ass media always portrayed him in the worst light so they could accomplish their goal which always was to defeat him. They basically hate America and are no longer a positive force in America.
Three vaccines ready for approval, a market at an all time high and defeated because of a prospective fraudulent and certainly suspicious campaign has go to be a bitter pill for Trump to swallow. He was the most abused president in my time.
My son and I had the time to have an interesting conversation and when it got round to politics I made the observation, if one were religious, Trump could be considered a gift from a higher source. My son, who is more learned in the lore of the bible and infinitely more religious, made a biblical analogy that Trump was the modern equivalent of King Ahasuerus who rid himself of his wife Vashti, because she would not obey him, and married Esther, a beautiful Jewess. Ahasuerus, was known as somewhat of an uncouth tyrant, a debaucher and philanderer etc. He had a minister named Haman who demanded Mordecai, Esther's brother, bow down to him and Mordecai refused and said he would only bow down to God. Haman declared he would have all the Jews killed. Mordecai beseeched Esther to talk to King Ahasuerus. Initially, she feared doing so but eventually did and arranged for Haman to be present. When Ahasuerus heard of Haman's threat he punished him and made Haman recant.
The point my son was making is that Ahasuerus was not a kindly king/person but when called upon to do the right thing he acted. Trump has many personal faults and attributes but history will treat him well.
We both believe the election was always Trump's to lose and he proceeded to do so. Yes, there well may have been fraud, purposeful activities to cause him to lose, miscounting and corrupt acts in the nature of stacked decks but ultimately Trump's behaviour was his downfall.
+++
(“You Deserve To Be Raped” – Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Gets Threats At 4AM) And: Democrat call for unity comes at high price and not worth it: https://townhall.com/columnist And:
|
If conservatives do not come out and vote in the upcoming Run Off they have only themselves to blame for allowing two dangerous, incompetent radicals to win by default. I believe Perdue is qualified and sound. I have reservations about Loeffler but saving the Republic is far more important by blocking Biden from being forced into actions that will forever change our republic.
Finally:
Even if she has the goods and can prove them to unbiased/objective judges/jurists is she too late? (Sidney Powell Promises “EPIC” Lawsuit As She Separates From Trump Legal Team
See next to last posting below.)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I happened to catch Marc Levine tonight and he had a California Language Professor as his guest. The professor stated, at the beginning of the 20th Century, the ratio of liberal to conservative college professors was 3 to 2 and today it borders on 15 to one. The professor, who teaches German at one of California's Universities, pointed out what was happening on campuses today was disastrous and spreading throughout our society and would be exceedingly difficult to reverse. He said everyone was witnessing what they opposed but no one was doing anything to arrest this dangerous march which would eventually consume our democracy.
As he spoke I was reminded of Kim Strassel's book about intimidation. We have become timid and afraid to speak out for fear of being branded. I speak out because I am not vulnerable, not because I am brave or have a special talent. What have I to lose? My days of vulnerability are over. Those who eventually quit being my friend because my views differ from their's were actually never my friend because they would deprive me of my right to express myself. I have some true friends who may not always agree with me but they allow me to be myself and that is a rare gift in today's world and I am grateful for their friendship because they are genuine.
And:
Is Obama the Haman of today? https://www.jns.org/opinion/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sensitive equipment with Chinese parts should raise all kind of security suspicions: https://thenationalpulse.com/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I have deep reservations about the author's leap of faith but found it interesting enough to post:
Did President Trump Spring a Trap on
Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?
By Paul Dowling
American Thinker
"I, DONALD J. TRUMP . . ., find that the ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections . . . constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. ... I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat."
—President Trump, in his executive order of September 12, 2018, giving the pretext for the blocking of property and money transfers, without prior notification, belonging to persons who have dealt in foreign interference during the 2020 presidential election.
Trump Knew All Along the Democrats Would Cheat
When President Trump became president in 2017, he knew that the Democrats were hell-bent on removing him from office. The Democrats tried endlessly to find skeletons in Trump's closet, as part of a Soviet-style harassment campaign, wherein a person, rather than a crime, is investigated. Stalinist Lavre
Trump has known for a long while that, to finish his part in restoring America's free republic, he would have to deal with tremendous election fraud in his bid for re-election. In 2016, Trump enjoyed the element of surprise in that his overwhelming popularity was great enough to overcome the systemic fraud set in place to rig the election for Hillary Clinton. So certain were the complicit media of a win for Clinton that they predicted a 95% probability of her winning. But the same blunder — born of Democrat arrogance and overconfidence from years of triumphant cheating — would not occur a second time in 2020. The media would, during Trump's first term as president, embark on creating the illusion that the most popular president since Ronald Reagan was actually reviled. This Big Lie would be endlessly repeated, in hopes of making enough people believe a loss to Biden was in the cards for Trump.
Learning How the Sausage Is Made
Trump's team observed the cheating and learned from it in preparation for the 2020 presidential election cycle. Prior to the 2018 election, on September 12, Trump issued an "Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election." The importance of this Executive Order largely escaped notice during the 2018 election cycle, but it would loom ever larger as the 2020 election approached.
The fact that no major arrests seem to have been made, concerning the election fraud of 2018, indicates that many of the fraudsters may have received plea bargains in exchange for making the next round of electoral crimes so highly visible that the irregularities could not be missed. If arrests had been made back in 2018, the Democrats would simply have brought in new operatives to do their criminal bidding in 2020, which, in the long run, would not have helped President Trump. While this line of reasoning is speculative, to be sure, the actual election fraud perpetrated in 2020 against the president is unmistakable.
Does Trump Possess Proof of Widespread Cheating in the 2020 Election?
After the November 3 presidential election of 2020, a news story broke reporting the seizure of important computer servers in Frankfurt, Germany. Though the event is disputed, what occurred, according to the Gateway Pundit, was this: "[a] unit under the command of USEUCOM (i.e., United States European Command) did in fact conduct an operation to take control of computer servers. But these servers belong to the CIA. ... Such an operation would have been carried out with US law enforcement present to take custody of the evidence." The presence of federal agents of the court would guarantee a chain of legal custody for the servers that would render their data admissible before a judge.
Gina Haspel and Christopher Wray were supposedly not informed of the raid in advance, leaving the CIA and FBI heads necessarily blind to this action and, therefore, unable to interfere. This means that the CIA was certainly the target and that a law enforcement agency unrelated to the FBI, such as the U.S. Marshals or the Secret Service, was likely used to take control of the evidence. The timely firing of Mark Esper prior to the raid would mean that the oppositional defense secretary was cut off from foreknowledge of the raid and, therefore, would have been unable to disrupt what was going to transpire.
Biden's Voter Fraud Was Predictable
As Bill and Ted may have characterized Biden's unrealistic vote totals on election night, "strange things are afoot at the Circle K." But these are strange things Biden himself brought up while speaking to former Obama staffers on Pod Save America on October 24, 2020, saying, "[W]e're in a situation where we have put together — and you guys did it for our...president Obama's...administration, before this — we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics." Perhaps it would have been wise for the former vice president to have remained mum and in his basement that day, especially in light of his follow-up comment, while speaking to Michigan voters on November 1, 2020: "I don't need you to get me elected; I need you once I'm elected." Taken together, Biden's comments paint the picture of a candidate with no need of voters to get elected, instead relying on election fraud to win — the same plan, it would seem, that worked for Barack Obama.
Did Trump Set a Trap for Election Thieves?
The Millennium Report of November 6, 2020, opens, "Just as the Democrats had 4 years to come up with a plan to steal POTUS 2020, so did Team Trump to foil that convoluted scheme. ... Where to set the biggest traps was as easy as pie — Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia Pennsylvania,." This idea that Trump set up the Democrats with his executive order and sprang a trap on them on Election Night is definitely within the realm of possibility, given what is known about this creative president.
It is likely that Trump has known about Dominion Voting Systems for some time but has chosen not to interfere with enemies who were in the process of setting themselves up for their own destruction. Little did the Democrats suspect that their villainous strength — the ability to win elections by cheating — was about to become an eminently indictable weakness. Psalms 141:10 reads, "Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety." It would appear likely that this is precisely what President Trump's motto has been during the presidential election of 2020.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ordman and more good news (edited:)
It is certainly refreshing to see so many Israeli innovations that benefit the environment and agriculture in this week's positive Israel newsletter. They include a new Israeli agricultural institute in India, a green campus for Microsoft and greenhouses that recycle water and use no pesticides. Meanwhile, two of the five Israeli products named in Time Magazine's Best Inventions for 2020 (the home for bees and the electric city car) are especially environmentally friendly. Jerusalem's beautiful parks and gardens are open to visitors, while Israelis are being especially caring to its wildlife during the coronavirus pandemic. Finally, many of Israel's latest medical developments include breakthroughs that promise to refresh our skin, our ears and our brains. Best regards Michael In the 29th Nov 20 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Retinal scanner for early Alzheimer’s test. Israeli-founded Canadian-based RetiSpec has developed the RS1, which uses hyperspectral retinal imaging and AI to examine the back of the eye. It can identify harmful amyloid proteins and other evidence that indicate Alzheimer’s Disease, even before the patient shows symptoms. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ https://www.retispec.com/ Osteoporosis screening for Scotland. Israel’s Zebra Medical Vision (reported here previously) is to trial its technology at the National Health Service in Glasgow and Assuta Medical Centers in Israel. It will be used to detect people at risk of developing osteoporosis. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ Pacemaker for the brain. For the first time in Israel, surgeons at Israel’s Sourasky (Ichilov) medical center implanted a Medtronic Percept DBS pacemaker in an epileptic patient. It records brain activity in addition to performing electrical stimulation. Medtronic owns several Israeli companies and has an Israeli R&D center. https://unitedwithisrael.org/ Clinical psychology on your phone. (TY Stuart Palmer) Israel’s GGTUDE (mentioned here previously) has 7 free apps in its digital mental-health platform. It has now added GG Self Care, which provides a research-backed, personalized digital intervention for Covid-19-related psychological difficulties. Just 3 minutes a day. https://drive.google.com/file/ Crystal clear hearing. (TY Janglo) Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that the hair cells in the inner ear, vital for hearing, develop before birth in the same way that crystals form. They proved this using new 3D time-lapse imaging technology and computational simulations of the development of atoms in the hair cells. https://english.m.tau.ac.il/ Use your phone to check your skin. Israel’s Derma Detect has developed an algorithm and AI applications for analyzing digital images to detect, treat, and manage non-pigmented skin lesions. The company’s platform analyzes images of the skin using deep learning and computer vision. Currently being trialed in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/ https://www.dermadetect.com/ https://finder. German insurance gets Israeli vital signs. Israel’s Binah.ai (reported here previously) is partnering Europe’s largest insurance group, Generali Deutschland. The German company will integrate Binah's health status vital signs monitoring technology in its new mobile application named VitalSigns&Care. https://www.calcalistech.com/ ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL Number One for women entrepreneurs. Israel is the best country for women entrepreneurs worldwide, according to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) for 2020. Israel tops the charts for the first time, advancing from fourth place in 2019. Israel plans to double the number of female entrepreneurs by 2022. https://www.calcalistech.com/ https:// International Day of Persons with disabilities. On Dec 3, the city of Jerusalem and other Israeli cities will illuminate iconic buildings in purple in honor of the International Day of Disabled Persons. The Jerusalem buildings include the Chords Bridge, City Hall and Teddy Stadium. https://www.jpost.com/israel- Israeli-Arab party leader is deputy speaker. I had not realized previously that Mansour Abbas, head of the Arab-Israeli Ra’am party, is deputy speaker of Israel’s Parliament – the Knesset. And he seems much more moderate than the other parties in the Joint Arab List, as this latest news article shows. https://www.jns.org/israels- Building co-existing bridges in Jerusalem. The first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon took place in Margalit Startup City (reported here previously), home to dozens of high-tech companies. 20 young entrepreneurs took part in a new initiative by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs to build new projects for the benefit of Jerusalem. https://www.jns.org/jewish- Caring for wildlife during Covid-19. (TY I24 News & UWI) Israel is home to the largest collection of animals in the Middle East. At Ramat Gan Safari, 1,600 animals no longer have any visitors; some enjoy the peace and quiet, but others really appreciate the extra attention from their keepers and conservationists. https://www.youtube.com/watch? Agricultural academy in India. Israel’s Ben Gurion University, together with Indian firm Aban Offshore, is establishing an agricultural research institute in Chennai, India. It will allow Indian students to earn degrees in agriculture from BGU including hydrology and water quality, desert studies, and ecology and conservation. https://www.israel21c.org/ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Seriously solar. The Israeli government has assembled its team tasked with achieving Israel’s 2030 goal of 30% of its energy sources from solar. It is currently examining existing potential roadblocks and policy changes necessary to advance solar energy. Reaching the goal is expected to save Israel up to NIS 8 billion a year. https://www.jpost.com/israel- Microsoft’s green new Israeli campus. Microsoft’s new Herzliya 46,000 sqm building will support innovation and accessibility. It is the first Israeli office to carry a ‘LEED V4 Gold certification’ for its environmentally friendly design. It includes a 3,500 sqm garden, WaterGen’s water from air and a GreenWall vegetation wall. https://www.calcalistech.com/ Best inventions. The hifold fit-and-fold highback booster, the world’s most adjustable and portable car booster seat, from Israel’s mifold, was named in Time Magazine’s annual list of “The 100 Best Inventions of 2020”. Four other Israeli inventions are listed: Beehome, Trialjectory, Augmedics, City Transformer and DouxMatok. https://time.com/collection/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://nocamels.com/2020/11/ Technion UK’s virtual gala. One of Israel’s Technion Institute’s four Nobel Prize Winners, Professor Aaron Ciechanover, is the keynote speaker at Technion UK’s virtual gala event on Dec 10th. His live talk entitled “Corona Days: New-Old Challenges” will include his visionary and very timely views on Science and Ethics. https://technionuk.org/event/ A smartphone in space. Israel’s next satellite, the Dror 1 being built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be Israel’s most advanced communication satellite. Fully digital with upgradable computers, communications and memory technology at the forefront of high-tech. IAI views it like a smartphone, with many applications. https://www.jns.org/an- Reinventing insurance. Israeli insurtech company Novidea has developed a platform that translates insurance data into business insights in real-time. It has advanced analytic capabilities and information for brokers and agents to act upon. Research firm FinTech Global selected Novidea in its InsurTech100 for 2020. https://www.calcalistech.com/ https://www.novideasoft.com/ Shaping agriculture around the world. Israel’s Azrom has specialized in designing, building and installing customized greenhouse systems since 1979. It has completed some 1,500 projects in more than 70 countries. Hydroponics, flowers, watermelon, pineapple and mango. Recycling the water and using hardly any pesticides. https://www.israel21c.org/the- https://www.youtube.com/watch? A vertical farm at the supermarket. Israeli supermarket chain Rami Levy will soon be growing eco-friendly fruit and vegetables in its stores for direct sale to customers. It has partnered Israel’s Vertical Fields for the geoponic vertical farm technology and Israel’s BIOLED for eco-lighting and growing containers. https://www.jpost.com/israel- Using AI to increase manufacturing efficiency. (TY JBN) Israel’s Vanti Analytics uses Machine-Learning AI technologies to significantly reduce ramp-up time, errors and test time for electronics manufacturers. Its SaaS software platform requires no prior data-science education to quickly and autonomously optimize production. https://www.geektime.com/ ECONOMY & BUSINESS Peace for economic reasons. The first Israel-Dubai conference focused on the prospects of a prosperous partnership between Israel and the UAE. The Emirates is a gateway for Israeli tech companies to expand to the Middle East. The 3-day conference had many inspiring presentations, of which these are just a sample. https://www.calcalistech.com/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ Tech salaries are rising. The effect of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on salaries in Israel's tech sector was minimal compared to other sectors. A survey of 60 Israeli tech companies by HR analytics startup Piplwize has shown that 84% of them intend to increase salaries in 2021 and half of them by at least 6%. https://www.calcalistech.com/ Israel and Turkey do business. The first-ever online conference: “Uniting hi-tech from two nations – Turkey and Israel” attracted dozens of participants, including Turkish entrepreneurs and investors. The organizers included Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey. https://jewishbusinessnews. https://en.globes.co.il/en/ Ships for Senegal. (TY Hazel) Israel Shipyards delivered the last of four patrol ships for the Senegalese Navy, fulfilling an agreement signed in November 2019. The Shaldag MK V patrol ship follows the earlier supply of three Shaldag MK II patrol ships. The agreement includes training, maintenance and technical support. https://www.israeldefense.co. New fund to invest in Israeli tech. US Venture Capital firm Ibex Investors has raised its second fund in Israel amounting to $100 million. Ibex Investors has previously invested in many Israeli startups, helping them enter the global market. https://www.calcalistech.com/ A travel agent for investing in Israel. Israel’s Tech It Forward, founded by two immigrant women, is a bridge between investors and Israeli entrepreneurs. It organizes trips, conferences, networking events, pitching events, meetings and mentorship programs to connect global investors with the Israeli startup ecosystem. https://jewishbusinessnews. Streaming ahead. Israel’s Qwilt (reported here previously) has signed a substantial deal with entertainment giant Disney, just a month after a similar deal with British Telecom. Qwilt’s technology will be integrated into the Disney+ streaming service, which was launched in 2019 and now has more than 75 million subscribers. https://www.calcalistech.com/ Flying high. Israel’s Appsflyer (see here) became a Unicorn (value over $1 billion) in January. It is now worth $2 billion after an investment from Salesforce. Appsflyer integrates with Salesforce and Salesforce Ventures. Its marketing measurement platform was included in the Forbes 2020 Cloud 100 list for the 2nd year in a row. https://jewishbusinessnews. How to make your customers stick with you. (TY JBN) Israeli startup Glue offers a loyalty management platform for small businesses. With Glue, each company can retain its customers using incentives such as coupons, loyalty cards, a points earning system, subscriptions, prepaid passes and even play-to-win games. https://www.calcalistech.com/ The first TASE food-tech IPO. Israeli food-tech startup SavorEat (reported here previously) brought in NIS 42.6 million (about $13 million) in an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). It was the first time that a food-tech firm went public on the Israeli exchange. https://jewishbusinessnews. Investment in Israeli startups: Hippo raised $350 million; Inuitive raised $106 million; Novidea raised $15 million; SavorEat raised $13 million; Aquarius Engines raised $10 million; Glue Loyalty raised $8 million; Zesty raised $6.6 million; Zero Egg raised £5 million; Vanti Analytics raised $4.5 million; Lightspin raised $4 million; CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT` The hidden gardens of Jerusalem. This article describes 5 little-known landscaped gems in Israel’s capital. In contrast to the Botanical Gardens and the Wohl Rose Garden, look for Mount Scopus Botanical Garden, the Andalusian Garden, the YMCA Garden, the Orson Hyde Memorial Park and the Hadassah Healing Garden. https://www.israel21c.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://www.youtube.com/watch? Tel Aviv never stops. Tel Aviv's annual Samsung run on 19th Feb will have some coronavirus adaptations. Each runner will start from a different point and run a unique, localized course, the motto being "All Running Together Separately." An app will include instructions, a starting ceremony, progress monitoring and more. https://www.jpost.com/israel- Israeli judokas win Euro medals. Israeli judoka won gold in the under-100 kg division at the European Championships in Prague. His countryman Tal Flicker won silver in the under-66kg category. https://www.israelhayom.com/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ THE JEWISH STATE History, education and spirituality in a water tower. (TY DH) An abandoned water tower in Jerusalem is being converted into a synagogue, Torah learning center and a museum commemorating Sir Moses Montefiore. It will also house a visitor educational center for medicine, science and halacha (Jewish religious law). https://blogs.timesofisrael. Ben Gurion day. In celebration of Ben-Gurion Day, Prof. Paula Kabalo, the director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, provides a rare glimpse into the Ben-Gurion Archives. Hear excerpts from Ben-Gurion’s personal diary about the days preceding Israel’s declaration of independence. https://aabgu.org/video/an- Handwriting connects soulmates. For the last two decades, Israeli graphologist (handwriting expert) Shaul Halali has been helping religious Jews find potential marriage partners. Handwriting can reveal a person’s character traits and state of mind – vital in coronavirus times when face-to-face meetings are difficult. https://unitedwithisrael.org/ Boy finds 3,000-year-old jewelry in Jerusalem. A nine-year-old boy discovered a First Temple-era piece of gold jewelry during wet sifting of earth from the Temple Mount. The minute cylinder bead was originally found in August in such good condition that it was initially dismissed as modern and only verified 3 months later. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
No comments:
Post a Comment